2 Chronicles 17:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעִמָּהֶ֣ם הַלְוִיִּ֗ם שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֡הוּ וּנְתַנְיָ֡הוּ וּזְבַדְיָ֡הוּ וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֡ל *ושמרימות **וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת וִֽיהוֹנָתָן֩ וַאֲדֹ֨נִיָּ֧הוּ וְטֽוֹבִיָּ֛הוּ וְט֥וֹב אֲדוֹנִיָּ֖ה הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְעִמָּהֶ֛ם אֱלִישָׁמָ֥ע וִֽיהוֹרָ֖ם הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-with-them the-Ləwiyyîm Šəmaʿyāhû and-Nəṯanyāhû and-Zəḇaḏyāhû and-ʿĂśāhʾēl and-Šəmîrāmôṯ and-Yəhônāṯān and-ʾĂḏôniyyāhû and-Ṭôḇiyyāhû and-Ṭôḇ ʾĂḏôniyyāh the-Ləwiyyîm and-with-them ʾĔlîšāmāʿ and-Yəhôrām the-kōhănîm

Grammar Details

*Ləwiyyîm*: proper noun, masculine plural - 'Levites'
*Šəmaʿyāhû*: proper noun - 'Shemaiah'
*Nəṯanyāhû*: proper noun - 'Nethaniah'
*Zəḇaḏyāhû*: proper noun - 'Zebadiah'
*ʿĂśāhʾēl*: proper noun - 'Asahel'
*Šəmîrāmôṯ*: proper noun - 'Shemiramoth'
*Yəhônāṯān*: proper noun - 'Jehonathan'
*ʾĂḏôniyyāhû*: proper noun - 'Adonijah'
*Ṭôḇiyyāhû*: proper noun - 'Tobijah'
*Ṭôḇ*: proper noun - 'Tob'
*ʾĂḏôniyyāh*: proper noun - 'Adonijah'
*ʾĔlîšāmāʿ*: proper noun - 'Elishama'
*Yəhôrām*: proper noun - 'Jehoram'
*kōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'priests'

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 19:8 : 8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:1-6 : 1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

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